Wikisource:Maintenance/Tasks/Source

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Wikisource:Maintenance
Tasks

This pages lists common maintenance tasks that need to be done. These are grouped by type, which can be selected by clicking on the links in the sidebar below. Each entry has a link to the maintenance category, a count of its contents, some guidelines and a short list of some of the oldest items in that category.

The tasks in this group cover the sourcing of works.

Maintenance type

Basic[edit]

These tasks are relatively straight-forward compared to the others in this category. These can be completed on Wikisource without requiring reference to external resources.

Texts to be migrated to DjVu‎ (Pages requiring attention: 0)

Directions

Examples

Incomplete texts‎ (Pages requiring attention: 960)

Directions

Examples

  1. Constitution of Oklahoma
  2. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900
  3. Men of Mark in America
  4. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts
  5. Shakespeare's Sonnets (1883)
  6. The Origin of Species (1872)
  7. Night Movements
  8. The Mahabharat
  9. The Seaside and the Fireside
  10. NASA FACTS PROJECT RELAY G-12-62


Advanced[edit]

These tasks are more complicated and may take more time to complete. The use of external resources, online and/or offline, may be necessary.

New sources required[edit]

These tasks require new sources, often scanned versions of the works, to be completed.

Texts without a source‎ (Pages requiring attention: 2,027)

Directions

Examples

  1. Tâo Teh King
  2. The Red Mask
  3. Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1609)
  4. Texas Declaration of Independence
  5. The Internationale (Pottier, English)
  6. Spagyrical writings
  7. Royal Marriages Act 1772
  8. Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
  9. Ronald Reagan's Second State of the Union Address
  10. Travis' Appeal for Aid at the Alamo

Incomplete texts without a source‎ (Pages requiring attention: 527)

Directions

Examples

  1. Mark Twain's Library of Humor
  2. Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
  3. NASA Project Gemini Familiarization Manual
  4. The New Atlantis
  5. Shells from the Sands of Time
  6. Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas
  7. Washington State Constitution
  8. Prologue to the Aeneids
  9. Confessio Amantis
  10. Collection of Sacred Hymns


Investigation required[edit]

These tasks require some investigation to determine if the problem exists and whether or not it can be resolved. Information may needed to be acquired both online and offline. Deletion may be necessary in some or all cases.

Doubtful Fidelity‎ (Pages requiring attention: 2)

Directions

Examples

Suspected hoax pages‎ (Pages requiring attention: 1)

Directions

Examples

Works with no evidence of publication‎ (Pages requiring attention: 0)

Directions

Examples

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